Judge David Heywood Anderson
(Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 1996)

Education: LL.B., Leeds University (1958); LL.M., London School of Economics (1960); called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn (1963).

Professional Experience: Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) (1960–1969); Legal Adviser, British Embassy, Bonn (1969–1972); Legal Counsellor, FCO (1972–1979 and 1982–1987); Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the UN, New York (1979–1982); Deputy Legal Adviser (1987–1989), Second Legal Adviser (1989–1996), FCO; Visiting Professor, University of Durham (1995–present); Visiting Professor, University College, London (1996–2001); Representative of the UK in the Fisheries Jurisdiction case (Merits; UK v. Iceland) before the International Court of Justice (1974), in cases before the European Court and Commission of Human Rights (1976–1979) and in the Factortame and Baselines cases before the European Court of Justice.

Member of: UK delegations to: Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (1963–1978); Council of Europe Meeting on the Suppression of Marine Broadcasting (1965); UN General Assembly (1967–1995); Vienna Conference on the Law of Treaties (1969); Quadripartite Conference on Berlin (1971); International Maritime Organization MARPOL Conference (1973); UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction (1973); Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (1973–1976, 1979–1982); Conference on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (1977–1978); UN Security Council (1979–1982); Anglo-French Joint Commission for the Channel Tunnel (1987–1989); Maritime boundary negotiations with Ireland, France, Belgium, Denmark (Faeroes), Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Maldives, United States, Jamaica and Cuba; Channel Islands fisheries talks with France (1989–1996); EC Senior Officials Meetings on Law of the Sea (1989–1996); South Atlantic Fisheries Commission (Argentina and UK) (1990–1996); South West Atlantic Hydrocarbons Commission (Argentina and UK) (1995–1996); UN Secretary-General’s consultations concerning Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1990–1994); Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1990–1994); UN Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (Chairman of the UK delegation 1993–1995); Task Force of North Sea States on the introduction of EEZs and Pollution Jurisdiction (1993–1995); International Seabed Authority (1994–1996); International Council.

Member of: Editorial Committee, British Year Book of International Law (1996–present); Study Group on Joint Development of Offshore Oil and Gas, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (1989); Committee on Public International Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (1992–present); Group of Experts, convened by the UN Office for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (1992) on the Impact of the Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN publication 1994); International Law Association, British Branch; American Society of International Law; Law of the Sea Institute; Greenwich Forum (1996–present); founder member of the Association internationale du droit de la mer; International Council of Environmental Law.

Publications: Author of numerous articles and papers on international law, including law of the sea; contributor to International Maritime Boundaries (1993, 1997, 2002 and 2005).

Appointed: CMG (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) (1982).